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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 31 March 2006, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $581.80 per troy ounce on 31 March 2006, down $4.900 (0.84%) from the previous close of $586.70.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $428.70, making this a +35.71% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $581.80 per troy ounce on 31 March 2006. That is $4.90 lower than the previous close of $586.70, a move of -0.84%.
The gold price fell on 31 March 2006, losing $4.90 (0.84%) against the previous session's close of $586.70.
At $581.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $18.71 on 31 March 2006. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 31 March 2006 18k gold was worth about $14.03 per gram and 14k about $10.91 per gram, against $18.71 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 50.7 on 31 March 2006, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 50.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 31 March 2006, gold was around $560.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $581.80 is a gain of 3.9% over the week.
A year before 31 March 2006, gold was around $428.70 per troy ounce. The close of $581.80 therefore represents a rise of 35.7% over twelve months.
It closed 0.84% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-03-30.